When I began working on a research project about Thelma & Louise in 1991, I didn’t know I was researching two films. All I knew was that I had been ‘blown away’ by the movie. It transported me to some kind of previously unknown psychological dimension, removed from the day-to-day world of existence that was...Read More

The documentary Catching Sight of Thelma & Louise had its origins back in 1991, when director Jennifer Townsend saw the then-newly-released Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri, a complete badass who wrote the script in longhand while working a production assistant job, won an Oscar for it, and reportedly responded...Read More

The San Antonio Film Festival had a lot going on at every moment. The festival was held at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, a perfect venue for a festival. It’s a beautiful building, with theaters, stages, lots of open space. The day before the screening of Catching Sight, I was invited to appear on San...Read More

Why Thelma & Louise struck a nerve On June 24th, 1991, Thelma & Louise was emblazoned on the cover of Time magazine. The text read: ‘Why Thelma & Louise strikes a nerve.’ When this film was released it was like a cinematic bomb going off. The dust still hasn’t settled. Articles are still being written about the...Read More

Callie Khouri and I were called by the spirit of Thelma & Louise For 25 years the spirit of “Thelma & Louise” haunted me. I was mesmerized by the film when it came out in 1991. So much so that I was compelled to gather reactions from viewers around the country. In pre-internet times, this...Read More

We’re excited to announce our World Premiere!  “Catching Sight of Thelma & Louise” will have its World Premiere at CATE — “Cinema AT THE EDGE”  film festival in Santa Monica, California. The perfect beginning to launch a film about “Thelma & Louise” — over the Edge and Out into the World!   The festival link is...Read More

I’m so happy to have found this page. Thelma & Louise brings back great memories for me. I was in college when it came out. A group of girlfriends and I went to see it as soon as the Time Magazine article came out. I remember being kind of noisy and commenting out-loud in the...Read More

Recently my daughter, Suzy, and I were looking online for a film to watch together. She is 16 years old. She said some of her friends had watched Thelma & Louise and asked if I had ever seen it. OMG! It is one of my favorite films! I couldn’t remember the last time I saw...Read More

Without Google, tracking people down after 25 years would have been difficult or nearly impossible. In this video, Jennifer Townsend describes her pain-staking efforts, using Google to search and track down the only waitress who replied to her questionnaire. How hard was it to find people without Google? Twenty-five years ago people’s lives were largely...Read More